QuantumLink RELOADED Update

Just a quick note concerning the ongoing re-implementation of Q-Link: We publicly unveiled the project at the Fall SWRAP EXPO in Chicago. The demo went well, with many trying the service for the first time in 11 years or more. Prior to the EXPO, as noted in some places, we moved the server to a commercial hosting facility. Mark Ponter and associates of Legend Tech gave us space and bandwidth on their OC-3 connected co-located servers. Following EXPO, I took a breather, and then started the next push, preparinng the rest of the system for the November 5, 2005 20th Anniversary. Work has now shifted from functionality to beefing up the infrastructure. Code cleanup, refactoring, etc. Last week, I added support for multiple screen names on an account (up to 5), and also added a questionaire to obtain City and State (and Country) information from users, to populate the "IDENTIFY" menu item in Q-Link PEOPLE CONNECTION. I also added a feature to allow changing uer names on the fly without logging out of the service (something Q-Link had originally, but was removed throughout much of the original service's lifetime.) This week, I am cleaning up the PEOPLE CONNECTION (chat) codebase, trying to squash a last remaining bug or two. I am also working on a new feature to be hopefully unveiled this weekend. Most of the base service is functional, with the exception of uploads (just need time to implement), Having the system pick partners for PEOPLE CONNECTION games,(not exactly sure how this worked, what the dialogs said, etc. Anyone who has information, email me please), and the Box Office (never worked in the real Q-Link either, but still... Mainly, the menu items and message bases need to be cleaned up and fleshed out. Along the way, word was received on some of the Q-Link mailing lists, and a number of "classic" Q-Linkers have arrived back on the system (Sir Fitz, DonnaS4, KsLass, SkyLine, and the owner of Bonnie's Bar, BonnieB3, to name a few). The stories they tell of the original service are worthy of a book (Qmoms, QDads, QMarriages, Qfamilies, Qbrothers, Qsisters, the QBashes, etc.). On a further note, as part of the 20th Anniversary festivities, the system/service will be demonstrated by the reverse engineer guru himself, Keith Henrickson, at the Vintage Computer Festival on November 5th and 6th in Mountain View, CA. (http://www.vintage.org/2005/main/) I hope you can either attend the festival or log on during that time. We're lining up prizes and other fun activites for the anniversary. A couple weekly items have started already. Dark Vulcan has started weekly TRIVIA games in the PEOPLE CONNECTION TRIVIA room on Tuesday nights @8Central, and DonnaS4 has a ORPHANS room on Thursday nights for the returning Q-Linkers. We even have a 2 minute video "trailer" that Fixxer made. He is working on fleshing it out and making another. Very impressive. We'll post when they are ready. More help is always appreciated. If you have memories, would like to help in development, or just want to staff a room, please contact us. More information is at: www.quantum-link.org -- Jim Brain, Brain Innovations brain at jbrain.com http://www.jbrain.com Dabbling in WWW, Embedded Systems, Old CBM computers, and Good Times!